Walking around at lunch last week I found this ghost bike memorial for Mike Wang, who was struck and killed by an SUV while biking home from work. Police are still looking for the driver, who fled the scene.

The influx of new businesses and upscale restaurants, shopping and residences in the revitalized SLU area of Seattle have immensely increased the danger to the (likewise) growing number of cyclists and pedestrians. At rush hour, hundreds of impatient drivers pack the streets near Mercer and the I-5 ramps, jockeying for position in brief fits of road rage.

Seattle has a reputation as a bike-friendly town, but suffice to say, I am less and less interested in biking around my city these days.